melocoton

Meaning

Noun

  • A kind of peach having one side deep red, and the flesh yellow.
  • A quince.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Spanish melocotón ("peach tree and its fruit"), from Latin mālum cotōnium ("quince, or quince tree").

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